Is it possible for me to major in Economics and doing Pre-med?

Question

My goal is getting into a great medical school. Would it put me into disadvantage if I major in Econ? I'm already into my second sememster of freshman year at college. and I've decided to do Pre-med kind of late. But is it still doable though?

Answer 1

depends on how many electives you can handle ( always good to have a back-up plan so perhaps your course is a good one )

what you need to know is what the 'great' medical school wants from you then you can decide if you can do both ( and want to do the extra time - that will obviously be required since you are basically pursuing two separate courses of study )

one last and VERY important thing - that GPA is for all of your courses and you need a 'great' one for that med school application

Answer 2

If you are thinking about pre-med (biological sciences, biology, biochem majors), then change majors NOW and don't expect to graduate on time. You can also do post-baccalaureate programs that are anywhere from a year to two full years of hard science courses, and with no financial aid usually available to pay for it. At the end, there is no guarantee that you will get into medical school. There are other avenues to consider. Go into the health care field some other way- either by becoming a nurse or phleobotamist, etc. to get experience working with patients (you need it for your applications, anyway). I don't recommend picking up your core science courses as an afterthought in school because they really need your undivided attention. Many people do better after a few years out of school when they have money for classes and more motivation.

Answer 3

it's doable and you're not too late

why would econ put you at a disadvantage? as long as you've got the pre-req classes [bio, o-chem, etc...] and you get good enough scores you should be fine... in fact, econ should give you an edge and make you stand out from all the people in the application pool that majored in bio, chem and bio-chem

if you feel like you're 'too late' ask 'does taking 5 instead of 4 years count as being late?' i think not... remember, it's quality over quantity, i'm pretty sure med schools would prefer someone that took 5 yrs to finish college and get great grades because they paced themselves than someone who tried to hurry and cram everything into 4 years and got lesser grades
if you still feel like you might be 'late' so that you won't be able to do it all in 4 yrs [finish econ and get all ur pre-med reqs done], remember that you can also take classes over summer [at your school or at a local community college, most of the time junior/community college classes are tranferrable to 4-yr schools], depending on how your local schools work their summer class schedules you might be able to take from 2 to 4 classes per summer... and some schools might have a long enough winter break so that they're able to offer classes during the break... usually you're only able to take 1 class during winter break because they're like 3-4 hrs long 4-5 days a week for 3-4 weeks

Answer 4

Extremely doable! Medical schools do not require a specific degree for admittance, but they do have specific coursework they want the applicants to have. For example, admittance to the Medical College of Georgia only requires a year of physics, a year of chemistry, a year of biology, plus some organic and inorganic classes. I would not worry about being a second semester freshman: you should have plenty of time to finish the requirements. Write to some of the medical schools and ask for their standards. If you would like, you can email me, and I will put you in contact with a member of the board of admissions for the Medical College of Georgia. He is an extremely nice guy and is eager to help aspiring doctors.

Answer 5

I don't think switching your major now is late, in face, not at all. Getting into a great med. school with Econ major is possible, but it is always suggested to have some levels of science background. Unless you love what you are doing now, otherwise, I would switch into science (toxicology, pharmacy, etc).

Answer 6

Sure. As long as you have the pre-requisite courses, the rest are up to you. If you were to wind up getting a Masters in Public Health in addition to the MD, an economics major could even be quite useful later. I can see you in the future as a leader in health economics. US expenditure on health care is, after all, approaching 20% of GDP.

Answer 7

It's totally doable. You just have to change majors as soon as possible, and all of the classes that don't apply to you're current major take up all of you're electives, so it's all med all the time. Good luck!!! :-)

Answer 8

It is quite doable. Science majors have the lowest acceptance rates into medical schools.

Answer 9

im 21 and im barely getting into pre med. where there is a will there is a way you can totally do it all.

Answer 10

MIght want to check out a hospital and watch some surgeries to see if you still like it